Answers to Quiz on Chemical Industry Pioneers

1) Herbert Henry Dow's first patent was for extraction of BROMINE
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/dow.html

2) EUGENE JOULES HOUDRY developed the Catalytic Cracking process.
http://acswebcontent.acs.org/landmarks/landmarks/hdr/

3) FISCHER-TROPSCH Synthesis (Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch) converts coal into petroleum
http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/

4) BASF built world's first Ammonia plant
http://www.basf.com/group/corporate/en/about-basf/history/1902-1924/index

5) Carothers invented NYLON
http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/plastics/carothers.html